Study

Clements Theory includes a comprehensive course of 80 study guides covering all the material step-by-step up to post-Grade 5 Theory level.

Study Guides

Step-by-step, Clements guides you through music theory helping you to understand and remember the main topics of music theory:

Notation, clefs and intervals

Rhythm, rests and time signatures

Keys and scales

Chords, cadences and harmony

Musical terms and symbols

Instruments and orchestration

Clear and comprehensive

The Clements Theory study guides are prepared by skilled musicians and are regularly revised to remain as comprehensive, clear and easy-to-follow as possible. Each study guide comes with a revision assignment with practice questions drawn from our huge question bank, to test you on the material in the guide.

Step by step

Each study guide is given a level from 1 to 5, corresponding approximately to the syllabus of Trinity College of Music and Associated Board music theory Grades. You can be confident that if you have covered all the material in a Clements Theory "level", then you have covered the material found in the corresponding syllabus - and perhaps a little more!

Study and practice

Test yourself - when you have completed reading each study guide, Clements Theory provides a set of assignments for you to take. These provide a set of practice questions precisely on the material included in the study guide to test your comprehension.

Expert guidance

Clements Theory study guides are written by experts, but are also easy to follow and written in plain language, to ensure that your studies are as straightforward as possible.